Female Tennis Needs New Rivalry

Last couple of years we seem to be missing one really dominating female tennis player as one of the players on WTA tour can't hold her No.1 ranking for a long time (especially now when Justine Henin has gone). Female tennis is lacking dominant players like Federer or Nadal, and we are desperately in need of one truly fierce rivalry like it was in 90s when Graf and Seles played their epic matches. Perhaps this is because since the time of Martina Hingis (in her prime years) there hasn't really been any really dominant player on WTA tour. Dominance of one player makes other work much harder and every once in a while some other player steps in challenging for that top spot, like Nadal challenging Federer in men's competition.

At the start of this year (Australian open) it all looked like the long awaited rivalry in female tennis has finally come - the one between Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova, arguably two the hottest players on tour, but unfortunately this wasn't to be. This is maybe good for the game, making it more interesting as today is almost impossible to predict who's gonna play in the final of any Grand Slam because basically it all depends of current form of almost any girl inside the top 20 rank. On the other hand it would be so very nice seeing again two players playing epic matches for the ultimate crown of the best in game.

Upcoming years may change all of this but it is hardly unlikely that two players will be the ones separating the best from the rest, because there are so small differences between the players in the top 20. Well there maybe no true rivalry in the game but there is certainly "rivalry in beauty", with so many beautiful players on tour. And this beauty is that special something that attracts so many fans to women's tennis game. Now imagine what kind of media coverage would there be if for instance new classic rivalry in female tennis game would be between Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova. Should I say more?

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